This paper presents the relatively new - in local framework of humanities
rarely applied - method of community mapping is introduced and explored.
Community mapping is a participatory research approach that focuses on the
needs of social groups, that are evaluated and holistically understood in
the process; and used as a ground for designing policies for the further
development of community research. The main case study of the analysis is
the project - ?HEROINES: Heritage of Emancipation - Empowering Roma Women
through Networks of Solidarity?, implemented by Institute of Ethnography
SASA, Roma Women Center ?Bibija? and the Faculty of Philosophy, University
of Belgrade. The project is supported by the Center for the Promotion of
Science (CPN). This citizen?s research project uses community mapping as its
main method, with Roma women - as simultaneously marginal and marginalized
in the broader society - being the main target group and the main
representative of the other in their social reality.